The Horrors of the Half-Known Life: Male Attitudes Toward Women and Sexuality in 19th. Century America

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Taylor & Francis, 25. nov 1999 - 400 pages
Now updated and back in print, this controversial and pioneering work is a startling portrait of male attitudes towards masculinity, women and sexuality in nineteenth century America. Through an examination of the elimination of midwifery, the origins of gynaecology, and general attitudes and advice about sexuality, the author brilliantly illuminates the state of manhood and misogyny in nineteenth century America.

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About the author (1999)

G. J. Barker-Benfield is Professor of History and Women's Studies at SUNY-Albany. He is the coeditor with Catherine Clinton of Portraits of American Women and author of The Culture of Sensibility in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain.

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PealkiriThe Horrors of the Half-Known Life: Male Attitudes Toward Women and Sexuality in 19th. Century America
AutorG J Barker-Benfield
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 1999
ISBN0203009800, 9780203009802
Length400 pages
  
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